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Full text of "Components of airway remodeling in persistent asthma"

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Healthy Asthmatic 


Basement membrane 
Mucous 


Stiffening from increased collagen 
Epithelium 


Collagen 


Reduced effective airway diameter 
from basement membrane folding 


Inflammatory cells 


Hyperplasia of airway 
smooth muscle 


Smooth muscle 





Protective ———————— _ Constrictive 


Potentially decreased 


Parenchyma parenchymal tethering 


Thickening of 
airway wall